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5 Stars • The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie by Freida McFadden is a satirical/hilarious novella blending dark humor and psychological thriller tropes. Alice, a widow, sees her deceased husband Grant everywhere after his funeral, sparking paranoia and absurd twists involving mistaken identities and possible siblings. ⬇️

Harry was defensive about some of the methods he had used to get his stories. At one point, he turned on the reader, who he imagined censuring him for how he had obtained the Christie exclusive: 'Sit down there, you, that man in the back row, he admonished. 'I'll have no hypocritical comment! How many murderers' stories have you read, sir, in the Sunday papers? If you've never read one, then I'll listen to you. If you have read one, then shut up!

Birthday hall plus the tagged book which just so happened to arrive on my birthday from the Harvard first editions signed book subscription. My daughter and I are playing hooky from school and work to spa, eat fancy foods, and read 🥳

#WomensPrizeNF It‘s obvious Summerscale has done the research and thoroughly explored all aspects of the case, including the time period. Apparently a notorious case in England, these murders of women in the 1950s illuminate the hardships for women and the misogyny that permeated society. The trial and aftermath of the case are explored, and I kept feeling like this took place way longer ago than just the 50s because things have changed so much.

This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2025. It‘s a story about grisly serial murders in post-WWII London. We see how two different journalists covered the notorious crimes for both newspaper and legal review case study. It‘s a must-read for true crime addicts, but WARNING: sexual violence to women. #truecrime

I read three bangers in a row but The Antidote was the best book this year, absolutely incredible. I personally did not enjoy The Long Island Compromise.

4-27-25: My 30th finished book of 2025! A novella about a woman who has lost her husband and is trying to navigate the next steps of her life while being bombarded by crazy mishaps and coincidences. Satirical is in the title and I guess it was, you definitely can‘t take it seriously by half way through, but it was entertaining and luckily a super quick read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣3️⃣0️⃣

Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay ! #bookhaul #booksandcoffee #TalkingLeavesBooks

The John Green was the only one on my radar the others are spur of the moment picks.

In 1970s Texas, Lou is a mostly closeted lesbian who lost part of her livelihood when Miss Kate died and is now at a crossroads since a hurricane decimated her small town. Then Kate‘s daughter Joanna returns to town and more upheaval ensues. Part mystery, part portrait of a community, this starts a bit slowly but fully hooked me. I really enjoyed it.

This was interesting but not engaging. The characters resembled game pieces. If there was a plot, it was vague enough to escape notice. The author‘s descriptions of the dust storms were the most visceral and true of anything in the novel.